Everet William Maze (born April 9, 1946) is an American politician from

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and a member of the Republican Party. Maze is the president of Citizens for Saving California Farming Industries, a non-profit dedicated to dividing California into two states.
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Background

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veteran, Maze graduated from California Polytechnic College in San Luis Obispo in 1968.

Early career

Born in

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, Maze is a former Chairman and member of the Economic Development Corporation and Business Incentive Zone Council. He has also served as Director of

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, and has headed the Visalia Chamber of Commerce, Pro Youth Visalia, Inc., and the Boys & Girls Club. Maze is a past member of the Central California Resource Advisory Council for the Federal Bureau of Land Management, California Farm Bureau and Woodlake Rotary Club. He was a member and chairman of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, where he served for one decade before being elected to the legislature in 2002.

Assembly races

In 1998 Maze lost the Republican primary for the California State Assembly against then Fresno mayor pro tem Mike Briggs. He lost the general election as well, although he collected about 8000 write-in votes. In 2002, then 34th district incumbent Republican

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decided to seek reelection in the neighboring 36th district instead, leaving Maze as the sole GOP candidate in the heavily Republican district. Maze won election to the 34th district, which covers

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, and

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and won easy reelection in 2004 and 2006.

Assembly career

As an Assemblyman, Maze served on the Assembly Budget Committee and the Health Committees, served as Vice Chair of the Agriculture Committee, the Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, and the Business and Professions Committee. The Assembly Speaker also appointed Maze to numerous Select Committees, including the Select Committee on Foster Care, where he served as Vice Chair. Term limits prevented Maze from seeking reelection in 2008. His wife Rebecca tried to succeed him, but she lost in the Republican primary.

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